City of Montreal to convert several streets into pedestrian malls this summer

MONTREAL — The city of Montreal will bar motor vehicles on stretches of a number of streets this spring and summer, converting them into pedestrian malls for passersby to enjoy.

Ste-Catherine St. W., near Place-des-Arts, will be closed to vehicles as of Tuesday. However, pedestrians will be allowed to walk on the section of Ste-Catherine, from Bleury St. to St-Laurent Blvd., only as of Thursday. It will remain as a pedestrian mall until Sept. 1. and reopen to vehicles on Sept. 5.

Jeanne-Mance St., from Ste-Catherine to de Maisonneuve Blvd., will also be converted into a pedestrian mall during the same period.

A stretch of du Musée Ave. will be closed to vehicles from Wednesday until Oct. 29. It will be turned into a pedestrian mall from May 15 until Oct. 27. The section that will be closed off will run from Sherbrooke St. W. until Ontario Place. Du Musée Ave. will be accessible to motorists from Doctor-Penfield Ave.

A section of Ste-Catherine St. E. will be closed to vehicles in the Gay Village from May 12 until Sept. 5. The section, running from St-Hubert St. until Papineau Ave., will be open to pedestrians from May 15 until Sept 1.

A section of Victoria Ave. from Sherbrooke St. W. to President-Kennedy Ave., will be closed to vehicles from May 15 until Oct. 6. It will become a pedestrian mall from May 25 until Sept. 28.

A section of St-Paul St. E, from the Marché-Bonsecours to St-Laurent Blvd., will be closed from May 27 until Sept. 2. It will be turned into a pedestrian mall from May 29 until Sept. 1.

A stretch of Place D'Youville, from Place Royale E. to St-François-Xavier St., will be closed from May 27 until Sept. 2. It will be a pedestrian mall from May 29 to Sept. 1.

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City of Montreal to convert several streets into pedestrian malls this summer